Search
Search APIs give you the ability to make your applications more intelligent with the power of Bing. Using these APIs, you can use a single call to access data from billions of web pages, images, videos, and news articles.
The search domain contains the following APIs.
Bing Web Search
With Bing Web Search, you can search for details in billions of web documents that are indexed by Bing. All the results can be arranged and ordered according to a layout that you specify, and the results are customized to the location of the end user.
Bing Web Search will be covered in Chapter 9, Adding Specialized Search.
Bing Image Search
Using the Bing Image Search API, you can add an advanced image and metadata search to your application. Results include URLs to images, thumbnails, and metadata. You will also be able to get machine-generated captions, similar images, and more. This API allows you to filter the results based on image type, layout, freshness (how new the image is), and license. Bing Image Search will be covered in Chapter 9, Adding Specialized Search.
Bing Video Search
Bing Video Search will allow you to search for videos and return rich results. The results could contain metadata from the videos, static or motion-based thumbnails, and the video itself. You can add filters to the results based on freshness, video length, resolution, and price.
Bing Video Search will be covered in Chapter 9, Adding Specialized Search.
Bing News Search
If you add Bing News Search to your application, you can search for news articles. Results can include authoritative images, related news and categories, information on the provider, URLs, and more. To be more specific, you can filter news based on topics.
Bing News Search will be covered in Chapter 9, Adding Specialized Search.
Bing Autosuggest
The Bing Autosuggest API is a small but powerful one. It will allow your users to search faster using their search suggestions, allowing you to connect a powerful search functionality to your apps.
Bing Autosuggest will be covered in Chapter 9, Adding Specialized Search.
Bing Visual Search
Using the Bing Visual Search API, you can identify and classify images. You can also acquire knowledge about images.
Bing Visual Search will be covered in Chapter 9, Adding Specialized Search.
Bing Custom Search
By utilizing the Bing Custom Search API, you can create a powerful, customized search that fits your needs. This tool is an ad-free commercial tool that allows you to deliver the search results you want.
Bing Custom Search will be covered in Chapter 9, Adding Specialized Search.